US authorities instructed embassy staff in Kiev who, due to tensions around Ukraine, move to Lviv to destroy all computer peripherals and office equipment in their old place. The US edition of The Wall Street Journal reports that the US State Department ordered it.
Washington previously announced that US diplomats from Kiev would be transferred to Lviv. The staff sent all the secret documents to their homeland. “We made this decision in view of the significant accumulation of Russian troops near the Ukrainian border. The country's embassy will be temporarily relocated to Lviv,” said US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.
aggression “and the possibility of helping Kiev to defend itself against it is ridiculous and dangerous. The Kremlin points out that the country's military leadership may, at its discretion, relocate troops within the country.